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When I was a child With innocence of pride I believed in fairy tales I recited nursery rhymes I loved Christmas and stories told Of a king born in a manger Never to get old I had hopes an dreams To reach the sky But I had an awakening When I could not fly I soon got to learn That there is reality As i travelled along Life's highway That there are twists and turns We must traverse There are mountains and valleys Some with lush verges Some overgrown With things we love With things we detest My starry eyed notion A thing of the past As reality confronts me Separating the future and the past As experience moved me upstream There was much I learnt About myself, nature, and the universe That were consistent in their desire With a continuity and certainty, one would aspire But that could not be said of humans As they changed their demeanour In a will to win Just like a chameleon changes its attire Changes it's skin I wondered and wondered What was the plan To contaminate this planet With humans Who are so obsessed to Forge a design Not one which compliment nature Or comforts the mind But are set to explore the outer realms To continue their contamination To the outer regions To their bitter end I travelled and travelled With derision and strife I saw turmoil I saw celebrations too I saw life's reflections In all shades and hues i saw the things we failed to do And now I reflect In my twilight years There is only one regret I would like to share If only I had the power to spare I would let the animals rule So you humans You better beware.
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